CVE-2005-4268

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CVSS v3.1

N/A

EPSS

0.54%

Published

Dec 15, 2005

Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Public PoC / Exploit (1)

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Description

Buffer overflow in cpio 2.6-8.FC4 on 64-bit platforms, when creating a cpio archive, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a file whose size is represented by more than 8 digits.

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-119

Affected Products (1)

gnu · cpiovulnerable

References (20)

ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:03.cpio.asc

http://frontal1.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:237

http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-May/0004.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/18251

http://secunia.com/advisories/18278

http://secunia.com/advisories/18280

http://secunia.com/advisories/18395

http://secunia.com/advisories/20117

http://secunia.com/advisories/25098

http://secunia.com/advisories/25161

http://www.osvdb.org/22194

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0245.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0145.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16057

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=172669

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23855

https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1338

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10450

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6860

https://usn.ubuntu.com/234-1/

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